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MICHIGAN * * * * * * * IMPORTANT NOTICE JUDGE HAMILTON ESTABLISHES FEBRUARY 14, 2005 On April 15, 2004, upon joint motion of Class Counsel and counsel for AT&T, Judge David F. Hamilton entered an order approving the Certain Michigan "Telecommunication Cable"/Railroad Corridor Class Settlement Court Notice which establishes February 14, 2005 as the deadline for the filing claims for Current Landowner Benefits and Prior Landowner Benefits. Claim Forms must be postmarked by February 14, 2005, in order to be deemed to be within this deadline. CERTAIN MICHIGAN On April 15, 2004, in Sparks Cedarlee Farm v. AT&T Corp. (No. IP02-C-7002-H/K), United States District Judge David F. Hamilton (the "Court") conditionally approved a Michigan "telecommunication cable"/railroad corridor settlement class, consisting, generally speaking, of the current (and certain past) owners of land underlying or adjacent to twenty-one (21) railroad corridors in Michigan. The corridors are used to provide railway service along: Flint to Birmingham (CSXT), Flint to Birmingham (Grand Trunk & Western), Detroit to Plymouth, Lansing to Grand Rapids, Saginaw to Holly, Saginaw to Grayling (Central Michigan), Saginaw to Grayling (Detroit-Mackinac), Saginaw to Grayling (MDOT), Kalamazoo to South Bend (Conrail), Kalamazoo to South Bend (Grand Trunk & Western), Flint to Lansing (Conrail), Flint to Lansing (Grand Trunk & Western), Grand Rapids to Kalamazoo, Detroit to Toledo, Detroit to Plymouth, Saginaw to Flint, Detroit to Birmingham, Detroit to Toledo Diversity, Detroit to Windsor, Traverse City to Green Bay (MDOT) and Traverse City to Green Bay (CSXT). The Court has preliminarily approved the settlement as fair, adequate, and reasonable for the Settlement Class, but the Court will conduct a hearing to make a final determination whether the Settlement is fair, adequate, and reasonable and should be finally approved. This home page provides some basic settlement information and copies of important documents for persons who know they are, or think they might be, members of this Settlement Class. The settlement terms and the options a potential class member and claimant has are explained in the Court Notice. Please Note the Following Important Dates: Deadline to Comment, Object, or Opt Out: December 6, 2004 Fairness Hearing: Gerald R. Ford Federal Building If NO objections or requests to appear and be heard have been received from any Class Members by December 6, 2004, the Court will instead hold the fairness hearing at 2:00 p.m. on January 14, 2005 at the following location: Courtroom of Judge David F. Hamilton Claims Deadline: February 14, 2005. Official Court Notice Packet The official notice packet of materials concerning the proposed settlement may be accessed or downloaded below: * Documents require the Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download the free PDF reader click here.
Settlement Agreement/Orders
FOR PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ABOUT Class Members desiring specific preliminary information about the benefits for which they may be eligible, may contact the Claims Office, at the Michigan Case TeleCable Settlement Center,
Class Members who have legal questions about the Settlement or any questions about the Corridor Enterprise may contact Class Counsel
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